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  • trains are bad
    Registered User
    • Oct 2003
    • 1751

    #1

    Car audio people

    I just bought a 92, 4 door blazer and want to get decent SQ going in it. I don't listen to my stuff loud nor do I have a lot to spend, but I work in my truck and have to have decent sound.

    I have a set of 4x6 2way pioneers for the dash, a headunit.

    I imagine I'll build a rear firing sealed sub box for behind the back seat. Probably 2 tens or something.

    But what about the rest? Don't I need some mid? I have a set of 6x9 2ways but I don't know if I should use them, or where I'd put them. The truck has set of speakers low on the back doors, should I even attemp to put speakers there?

    If I bought a set of component speakers where would I put them? I was thinking that if I bulit a sub box to go behind the seat that comes up just flush with the top of the back seat, I could put a couple pods on that firing forwards over the top of the back seat. But I don't even know what speakers to use.

    How do people set up old blazers? THere's a lot of them out there.
    TRB's feedback
  • Miscue
    Super Moderator

    • Oct 2000
    • 7105

    #2
    Oi. Not concerned with loud, and first thing you mention are subs!

    Throw out this idea about subs - think about them LAST. A majority of sound comes from, you guessed it - not your subs.

    Figure out how many pre-outs your deck has, and if it has one for a sub - for the future.

    You're going to need wiring/cabling - $100+ roughly

    Get a decent 2 or 4 channel amp. Something like this: http://www.cardomain.com/item/XTAXTANT22

    Use it to power your fronts. You don't 'need' a 4 channel amp, you can run your rearfills off of your deck. Rears are for ambience, not a primary sound source - they should be transparent to the rest of your stuff... and don't need to be run off a nice amp.

    Maybe some budget speakers like this: http://www.cartoys.com/cartoys/showd...duct_ID/20883/ for your fronts - it's really a preference issue, like most things in audio.

    As for a sub - you'll want another amp, and if you're going for SQ - you do not need/want dual subs. Get a single 10-12 in a sealed or ported box.

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    • trains are bad
      Registered User
      • Oct 2003
      • 1751

      #3
      my head unit has front/rear/sub preouts.

      I understand that I need some speakerage, but there is no where to put them. I mention subs because that will be the easy part. Note I didn't ask for help with the subs. And one of the only way I can think of to mount rear speakers is over the rear seat on the sub box. All I have to work with is the speaker holes in the dash. And those ones on the rear doors.

      People around here all suggest running all non-sub speakers off the deck.
      TRB's feedback

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      • AcemanPB
        Exactly
        • Mar 2002
        • 1885

        #4
        You'll get better SQ if you run your speakers off an external amp rather than the one in your headunit.

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        • Miscue
          Super Moderator

          • Oct 2000
          • 7105

          #5
          Originally posted by trains are bad
          my head unit has front/rear/sub preouts.

          People around here all suggest running all non-sub speakers off the deck.
          That's the cheap route - far better SQ running fronts off of a good amp. As for rearfills, perfectly fine to run them off the deck.

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          • spectre184
            PF classic owner
            • Apr 2004
            • 228

            #6
            try sounddomain.com . I linked you to there member pages where you can search for blazers of your type and see what other people did. Hopefully you can find some ideas.

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